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| ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο, ἔφην, ἔγωγε, ὦ Ἰσχόμαχε, πάνυ ἂν ἡδέως σου πυθοίμην, πότερα αὐτὸς σὺ ἐπαίδευσας τὴν γυναῖκα ὥστε εἶναι οἵαν δεῖ ἢ ἐπισταμένην ἔλαβες παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τῆς μητρὸς διοικεῖν τὰ προσήκοντα αὐτῇ. |
| I would be delighted to hear this too from you, Ischomachus - whether you educated your wife to be as capable as she ought to be yourself, or whether she was already educated in the duties which fall to her when you took her from her father and mother. |
| Xenophon Economics 7.4 (71) |
| οἴει οὖν τι, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, διαφέρειν φύσιν γενναίου σκύλακος εἰς φυλακὴν νεανίσκου εὐγενοῦς; τὸ ποῖον λέγεις; οἷον ὀξύν τέ που δεῖ αὐτοῖν ἑκάτερον εἶναι πρὸς αἴσθησιν |
| "Do you think there's any difference in nature between a well-bred puppy and a well-born young man when it comes to guarding?" "What kind of thing do you mean?" "I mean, they've both got to be good at spotting things…" |
| Plato Republic 2 375a (95) |
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